tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post4147355746591562843..comments2024-03-28T04:41:30.440-04:00Comments on DISCOURSE AND DRAGONS: Escapist: Reflections on the State of D&DKiltedyaksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03462341093016199620noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-12022593551541098172012-01-06T11:24:23.963-05:002012-01-06T11:24:23.963-05:00I have loved everything that Cook has ever done. B...I have loved everything that Cook has ever done. But WotC and I are through. So I won't be seeing his next work it appears.Tetsubohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00339621610619347842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-40599083296152420932012-01-04T00:09:24.574-05:002012-01-04T00:09:24.574-05:00@Kiltedyaksman: Thanks for pointing out those arti...@Kiltedyaksman: Thanks for pointing out those articles on The Escapist. It was a very good read. I am curious to see how the future of 'D&D' turns out. If it is more like the current edition I will be dissapointed. 4e just did nothing for me and sessions felt like playing an unending board game. I just want balance of rules to keep things moving along and a system that allows and Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590023401954747176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-38917287802715328332012-01-02T05:16:28.157-05:002012-01-02T05:16:28.157-05:00I read those articles, and I think the future migh...I read those articles, and I think the future might be represented by James Raggi: a few micro-businesses that collect the best material created by amateurs, and do the layout and marketing that those amateurs aren't interested in or good at.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-39093523329853671902012-01-02T04:48:28.811-05:002012-01-02T04:48:28.811-05:00@anarchist - I remember the "olden days"...@anarchist - I remember the "olden days" bickering exactly as you do. If you played D&D and not something more enlightened like Runequest, you were looked down on!Richard Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371889041466152679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-22289186688833722822012-01-02T02:36:15.922-05:002012-01-02T02:36:15.922-05:00WotC determined the specific subject that gamers b...WotC determined the specific subject that gamers bicker about (4th vs 3rd vs previous editions). But I doubt they created the bickering itself. In the olden days didn't people just talk about how RuneQuest is pretentious, D&D is unrealistic or Tunnels & Trolls is silly?anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-25296886317301516932012-01-02T01:11:23.429-05:002012-01-02T01:11:23.429-05:00It's not so much that those at WOTC *encourage...It's not so much that those at WOTC *encouraged* the edition wars as much as they *created* them. Not by, as might seem obvious, simply creating 4th edition, but rather in the manner employees denigrated past editions in public and by extension, those who played them.<br /><br />Of course, I admit, I tend to hold a grudge.<br /><br />I am with you, aesthetic matters. Hell, *everything* Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-8131619628051692332012-01-02T00:03:07.648-05:002012-01-02T00:03:07.648-05:00Well said. I'm going to have a read of the Es...Well said. I'm going to have a read of the Escapist articles, but WOTC has steamrolled D&D so many times I have a hard time believing anything their employees say.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.com